Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-06


The city Of Washington presents some
what the appearances 81 Saratoga In
winter, The hotels have been sustained
IN the spring months By the coming and
going Southern travel, bat this spring
has been 30 inelemeut that the South.
eTneFs are not going home, and Wash
ingtsR is contemplating only the Pres
dents eccentrioilies and baildinR oper-
atoms after frost. ] asked q prominent
hotel proprietor Why some manufactures
we're not started in Washington 10 occu-
py its supeFabundant population. Said
be: Manufactures are not permitted
within the District Of Columbia, exospi
such a. are necessary. There are few
planning mills and foundry; but cot
ten mill wouId hardly be allowed IA
start Il this District" have not Veri-
fed from the documents the truth Of
this statement.
TIE BAuhoAD COMMISSION
Appointed By the President seams 10 be
detective 10 practical men. II is true
that Judge Cooley is the receiver Of q
railroad, and that be kn0Ws the Law OF
corporations. Il IL also true that the
Vermont member has been mixed up In
-
hardly q qualification for q judicial
position where one must not take sides.
Tha only person taken OF any State
Railroad Commission seems to be Mr..
Bragg, Of Alabama, and one hardly
looks 70 Alabama for suoh q railroad
system ~ measures with the duties and
necessities Of the cross continental lines.
Two Of the Commission are politisians.
Il is doubtful whether more than one
person on this Oemmission has any
sueh mechanical knowledge ~ should
constitute q supervisor Of railroad lines.
There are tvo things Aboat railways
which excel all others, namely: The
financial poser behind the railroad and
the mechanical power within ID. The
latter includes not merely practical
mechanical skill, sneh aa understands .
wheel and lie revolutions. bat taste.
Our railroad system 10 the North IL
thTee-fouFthsa matter Of popular educa.
ton aud ornamentation. The old-fash-
Toned cars which we're RON In what was
called the honest day Of railroads we're
PAINTED PIC PENS.
eey lines twenty seven years ago, when
y nat Uu Ont HEAU WAS 3lrnQNI
surs 70 be crushed II be stood up in his
seat, so close was the roof 10 the floor
The windows we're generally made In
four lights, each pane net much larger
than ones hand. They had no patents
whatever 10 minister 30 the comfort OF
Becurity of the paaaen9era Sleeping,
cars were not considered at that time
There was . perpetual hRht between
she oonauotof and passengers abou
making seats. The cars ran in clouds
OF dust, were i'll ventilated. and the only
thing that ssuld be said Ia favor Of ihs
railroad vas that lbs officials worked fol
mean salaries and did not steal any
thing. Those we're days when FIRE,
pass involved service and slavery on thi
part Of whoever took Il. Our Failwa,
service has been improved mainly b.
the Pennsylvania Company, aud tn
strongest Western adjunct Of this i'm
pFoyement has been George NJ. Pullman
Mr.. Pullman Was the first AmerieAI
wha FILTERED his oountrymen with To-
idea that they wanted 20 be clean
fact hardly TO be believed IL enc travel
on some lines and sees the tnbaoco iuic,
apanGlinR the fSoF from seat 90 seat
There seems 10 be q proportion Of mel
in parts Of this country WAC woul,
rather cit IN their own saliva than havt
clean hands and faces. Az this momen
COED deal IL being said against
TBE FREE PASS srsrEM,
Bat It did not grow 80 much out OF cor
Rupsion as ont Of good nature and liber
Ality. Members Of the Legislatures IL
the different States receiye insignificant
salaries, and 20 assist them 20 20 ans
come the railway company. generally
without application, profered the couf
tesies Of the road. In NV own case
can cay that, without ever having beeI
requested by any railway 10 take par
tisaa attitude toward II, one side or tn
other. ] have been enabled by this sys
tenn 10 visit all parts Of the codu,ry, an,
therefore communists intimate knovl
edge Of places and men 10 the people
without this facility should probably
not have been In half the States Of thi
Union uP 10 the present day. There q
an snyious, sullen spirit. which resent
the idea Of any body obtaining eour
teay. The American car system has
certain waste fulness Of space. which hN
from time 10 time been presented 3,
free riders, who "a on various public
erranda Clergymon. missionaries, dis
tinRuished strangers. the President 81
the United States, are AmoaR the paFtie.
Who have been Riven free tFanspoFta
ton. A conservative influence In oa
time has been exeFted ovsr the press b.
the disposition of the railways 10 ohlig,
lie messengers. We have railway train,
carving fast Newspaper deliveries. Ot
subtle occasions. where something VA
10 Be celebrated, the railway has regard
ed Itself in the light Of public host
Hereafter men vill
PAR rHEIR FARES AND 0RowI,
And be on the g'si rirs to dud somethin,
wrong. The area OF discomfort vii
have TO be increased. We shall CON
mense 90 regard presidents and saperia
iendents of railways ss public enemies
Tits will be returning to what il calles
Iehess0uian DAYS. when old Genera
Washington was baFked az fhs "a
down AZ public reception OF II h,
stood M. As long a. be Was Genera
Washington be vas bound 90 he wrong
10 u. OF course, alleged THAI all mef
oaRht 10 pay their fares ~ = matter q
justice. and the rewards Of literature AZ,
- great Ia this land that the addition !
feather weight Of the fare will 20 IA
toward destroying what little theeu il o
IL. THIS interstate civilization stSrtcs
In Texas, where everything IL 80 Lowell,
and secure that the benefits o. its OWL
tHasion were brought BY III Sseregar,
Reagan. OF the OonfederAcy, Up I,
Washington. and there fascinated int,
tbs p1hlie poiisic. The eadeavor OF IN
thFifty American rtodaoer for years Ia
been b havs bis wheat carried 20 mar
hes for nothing, and then 90 get a araS
back himself. rhe Callou bill. 10 i
presumed. Wtll settle this mstser.
man who raises wh Al in Iowa or Ne
oraska viii coon be learning what 81
long haul IL, aud tie man wha live
within tie State Of Nev York OF Penn
gyivania wtll realize that Texas an,
Illinois have given hyH An efficient pFo
lection against themselves
THE RIAL sESETrr
OF ibe later State ball must redaand q
the railroad companies themselves an,
not 81 the people. We hAve rsa,he.
that point where there is ns badnes
oonrtesy between railroad systsusS. bu
eRch one invsdcs the land OF tie aths
and doee the bCsiness fer n0thin2,
only 10 exA&perAie the p1rveyuF. Herr
after, II the lac - administered bette
than laws aily are, seAlpiae an
rate eating will be ahsslste S3rss